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2012 Dakar Rally
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Route of the rally across Argentina, Chile and Peru.
Host country	Argentina Chile Peru
Results
Cars winner	Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul CottretMini All4 Racing
Bikes winner	Cyril DespresKTM
Trucks winner	Gérard de RooyIveco
Quads winner	Alejandro PatronelliYamaha

The 2012 Dakar Rally was the 34th running of the event. It was held in South America for the fourth successive time.

By 17 March 2011, Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that the start would be in Mar del Plata, Argentina, the first stage would end in Bahía Blanca. The course would later cross the provinces of La Pampa, Mendoza, San Juan, La Rioja and Catamarca before crossing to Chile and finally ending in Peru.

On 9 January 2011, Peruvian press announced that Peru would host the three final stages of the 2012 Dakar Rally, with Lima, the Peruvian capital, hosting the awards ceremony.[1] The official announcement took place on 18 February in Paris.[2] A map displaying these final stages was also published.[3]

Near the end of the first stage, motorcycle rider Jorge Andrés Boero died following a crash. It was the 21st death of a competitor in the history of the rally.[4]During stage 2, the ultralight aircraft of a father son duo watching the race crashed. Both died at the scene.[5]

The sixth stage of the rally was cancelled due to heavy rain and snowfalls in the Anden-region near the border of Argentina and Chile.[6][7][8]

Stage	Date	From	To	Class	Road Section	Special	Total	Stage winners
km	mi	km	mi	km	mi	Bikes	Quads	Cars	Trucks
1	1 January	Mar del Plata	Santa Rosa	All	763	474	57	35	820	509	F. López	S. Lafuente	L. Novitskiy	M. van Vliet
2	2 January	Santa Rosa	San Rafael	Bikes/Trucks	487	302	295	183	782	486	M. Coma	S. Lafuente	N. Al-Attiyah	G. de Rooy
Cars	487	302	290	180	777	483
3	3 January	San Rafael	San Juan	Bikes	291	180	270	167	561	348	C. Despres	M. Patronelli	N. Roma	M. Biasion
Cars/Trucks	291	180	208	129	499	310
4	4 January	San Juan	Chilecito	All	424	263	326	202	750	466	M. Coma	T. Maffei	S. Peterhansel	G. de Rooy
5	5 January	Chilecito	Fiambalá	Bikes	151	93	265	164	416	258	C. Despres	M. Patronelli	K. Hołowczyc	G. de Rooy
Cars/Trucks	246	152	177	110	363	225
6	6 January	Fiambalá	Copiapó	All	394	244	247	153	641	398	Stage cancelled
7	7 January	Copiapó	Copiapó	All	154	95	419	260	573	356	M. Coma	A. Patronelli	N. Al-Attiyah	G. de Rooy
	8 January	Copiapó	Rest day
8	9 January	Copiapó	Antofagasta	All	245	152	477	296	722	448	M. Coma	M. Patronelli	N. Roma	A. Loprais
9	10 January	Antofagasta	Iquique	All	9	5	556	345	565	351	H. Rodrigues	A. Patronelli	R. Gordon	M. Biasion
10	11 January	Iquique	Arica	All	317	197	377	234	694	431	J. Barreda	T. Maffei	N. Roma	A. Ardavichus
11	12 January	Arica	Arequipa	Bikes	171	106	534	331	705	438	C. Despres	A. Patronelli	S. Peterhansel 1	A. Karginov
Cars	120	74	478	297	598	371
Trucks	120	74	432	268	552	343
12	13 January	Arequipa	Nazca	Bikes	259	160	245	152	504	313	M. Coma	M. Patronelli	L. Novitskiy1	G. de Rooy
Cars/Trucks	412	256	245	152	657	408
13	14 January	Nazca	Pisco	All	100	62	275	170	375	233	H. Rodrigues	T. Maffei	S. Peterhansel	A. Karginov
14	15 January	Pisco	Lima	All	254	157	29	18	283	175	P. A. Ullevålseter	T. Maffei	R. Leal dos Santos1	M. Biasion
TOTALS	km	mi	km	mi	km	mi
Bikes	4,019	2,497	4,372	2,717	8,391	5,214
Cars	4,216	2,620	4,161	2,586	8,377	5,205
Trucks	4,216	2,620	4,120	2,560	8,336	5,180

Notes:

• ^1 — Robby Gordon forfeited these stage victories due to later losing the appeal for his disqualification after the tenth stage.

The competition in the category rapidly developed into a two-horse race between KTM riders Cyril Despres and Marc Coma, who between them had won each previous Dakar event since 2005. It was Coma who seized the advantage initially with a victory on stage two, but a navigational error during the third stage dropped him ten minutes behind Despres.[9] The gap between the pair remained close to the ten-minute mark until Despres lost time by getting stuck in mud during the eighth stage, allowing Coma to re-take the lead.[10] The battle remained extremely close for the following stages, with Coma and Despres exchanging the lead on two further occasions before the outcome of the battle was effectively settled during the thirteenth stage – Coma lost almost an hour to his rival, largely through the result of a 45-minute penalty for an engine change but also due to gearbox issues and further navigational trouble.[11] That allowed Despres to take a comfortable victory over Coma by a margin of 53 minutes, with Yamaha rider Hélder Rodrigues, who had held third position since the fourth stage, a further 18 minutes behind the Spaniard having picked up two stage wins during the event. KTM riders Jordi Viladoms and Štefan Svitko completed the top five, with Pål Anders Ullevålseter, who won the final stage of the event, in sixth position. Francisco Lòpez, who won the opening stage, had been running in fourth but was forced to retire after the seventh stage due to a fall which aggravated a previous knee injury.[12]

Sergio Lafuente took the first two-stage wins before losing an hour during the third stage. That handed the advantage briefly to Alejandro Patronelli, but his countryman Tomas Maffei seized the lead after victory in the fourth stage. However, both Maffei and Marcos Patronelli, brother of Alejandro, both effectively dropped out of contention when both lost considerable ground (54 minutes and 1 hour 20 minutes respectively) during the seventh stage, giving Alejandro Patronelli a lead of almost an hour after winning the stage. He took a further two stage wins en route to a comfortable victory in the overall classification by a margin of 1 hour and 20 minutes. Maffei lost second position in the ninth stage, and would finish in third overall despite winning the last two stages, 54 minutes down on the second of the Patronelli brothers. Completing the all-Yamaha, all-South American top five were Ignacio Casale, six hours adrift of the winning time, and Lafuente, who was another two hours further behind.

With the withdrawal of the Volkswagen Motorsport works team, the first privateer winner since Jean-Louis Schlesser in 2000 was assured. The all-new X-Raid Mini All4 proved immediately competitive, with Leonid Novitskiy winning the first stage, Nani Roma winning the third stage and nine-time Dakar winner Stéphane Peterhansel re-taking the lead of the overall classification after taking victory in the fourth stage. Krzysztof Hołowczyc, also at the wheel of a Mini, held second behind Peterhansel after winning the fifth stage and remained inside the top three until power steering failure during the tenth stage ruled him out of contention.[13]

Roma then became Peterhansel's closest rival, with 19 minutes separating the pair after the Spaniard's win in the tenth stage. Roma would eventually finish the rally in second position, 40 minutes down on his teammate after getting stuck in sand dunes on the penultimate stage, with Peterhansel taking his tenth Dakar victory after adding to his stage win tally during the penultimate stage. 2009 winner Giniel de Villiers, driving a Toyota Hilux, finished a distant third overall, 32 minutes behind Roma, having failed to win any stages. Novitskiy was classified in fourth position after winning stage twelve, albeit over two hours behind Peterhansel.

It was an event to forget for defending champion Nasser Al-Attiyah. He lost nine minutes during the first stage after his Hummer's engine lost oil pressure.[14] The Qatari went on to win the second stage, but lost over half an hour to Peterhansel in the fourth stage; winning the seventh stage had seen Al-Attiyah recover to sixth place before engine and alternator problems during the ninth stage warranted his retirement.[15] Teammate Robby Gordon was at this stage just five minutes behind Peterhansel with a win on the ninth stage, but the gap increased to 20 minutes when the American hit a rock on the tenth stage.[13] An illegal modification to his Hummer's engine then saw Gordon disqualified, though he continued to compete under appeal for the remainder of the rally.[16] He would have finished fifth in the overall classification with three further stage wins, Toyota driver Lucio Alvarez inheriting the position as a result of Gordon losing the appeal.[17]

Never outside the top two of the overall classification, the event was dominated by Iveco driver Gérard de Rooy. After finishing second to fellow Dutch competitor Marcel van Vliet in the opening stage, de Rooy won the second to lead the overall classification and re-took the lead after victory in the fourth stage. He consolidated his lead with two more successive stage victories, opening a 15-minute advantage over Aleš Loprais before the Tatra driver was forced to retire after an accident in the non-timed section of the ninth stage.[18] De Rooy then held a 47-minute advantage over teammate Hans Stacey, a gap he extended to 51 minutes by the end of the event with a final stage victory in the twelfth stage. Stacey secured second in the overall standings despite not having won any stages, with Artur Ardavichus the best of the Kamaz entries in third position – 1 hour and 47 minutes down on de Rooy with victory in the tenth stage to his credit.

Eduard Nikolaev, taking over as de facto Kamaz team leader after the retirement of Vladimir Chagin and Firdaus Kabirov, was excluded for an incident with a competitor in the car category during the fourth stage.[_citation needed_] Kamaz drivers Andrey Karginov, who won the eleventh stage, and Ilgizar Mardeev completed the top five. Former World Rally champion Miki Biasion was running third before losing over six hours during a torrid seventh stage, though the Italian won two more stages (to add to his victory on the third stage) en route to recovering to sixth place overall.

| | Stage result | General classification | | | | | | | | | | | --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------ | ---------- | | Stage | Pos | Competitor | Make | Time | Difference | Pos | Competitor | Make | Time | Difference | | 1 | 1 | Francisco López | Aprilia | 32:37 | | 1 | Francisco López | Aprilia | 32:37 | | | 2 | Marc Coma | KTM | 32:51 | 0:14 | 2 | Marc Coma | KTM | 32:51 | 0:14 | | | 3 | Javier Pizzolito | Honda | 33:04 | 0:27 | 3 | Javier Pizzolito | Honda | 33:04 | 0:27 | | | 2 | 1 | Marc Coma | KTM | 3:07:31 | | 1 | Marc Coma | KTM | 3:40:12 | | | 2 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 3:08:39 | 1:18 | 2 | Francisco Lòpez | Aprilia | 3:42:42 | 2:30 | | | 3 | Joan Barreda | Husqvarna | 3:09:54 | 2:33 | 3 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 3:43:04 | 2:52 | | | 3 | 1 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 3:48:38 | | 1 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 7:31:42 | | | 2 | Frans Verhoeven | Sherco | 3:57:15 | 8:37 | 2 | Marc Coma | KTM | 7:41:54 | 10:12 | | | 3 | Paulo Gonçalves | Husqvarna | 3:57:17 | 8:39 | 3 | David Casteu | Yamaha | 7:48:58 | 17:16 | | | 4 | 1 | Marc Coma | KTM | 4:16:43 | | 1 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 11:50:27 | | | 2 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 4🔞54 | 2:02 | 2 | Marc Coma | KTM | 11:58:37 | 8:10 | | | 3 | Frans Verhoeven | Sherco | 4:25:09 | 8:26 | 3 | Hélder Rodrigues | Yamaha | 12:17:15 | 26:48 | | | 5 | 1 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 2:28:33 | | 1 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 14:19:00 | | | 2 | Marc Coma | KTM | 2:30:14 | 1:41 | 2 | Marc Coma | KTM | 14:28:51 | 9:51 | | | 3 | Joan Barreda | Husqvarna | 2:41:15 | 12:42 | 3 | Hélder Rodrigues | Yamaha | 15:06:56 | 47:56 | | | 6 | Stage cancelled | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 1 | Marc Coma | KTM | 3:51:35 | | 1 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 18:12:38 | | | 2 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 3:53:38 | 2:03 | 2 | Marc Coma | KTM | 18:20:26 | 7:48 | | | 3 | Paulo Gonçalves | Husqvarna | 3:54:24 | 2:49 | 3 | Hélder Rodrigues | Yamaha | 19:02:17 | 49:39 | | | 8 | 1 | Marc Coma | KTM | 5:03:52 | | 1 | Marc Coma | KTM | 23:24:18 | | | 2 | Pål Anders Ullevålseter | KTM | 5:05:47 | 1:55 | 2 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 23:25:44 | 1:26 | | | 3 | Ruben Faria | Husqvarna | 5:10:52 | 7:00 | 3 | Hélder Rodrigues | Yamaha | 24:13:19 | 49:01 | | | 9 | 1 | Hélder Rodrigues | Yamaha | 5:16:17 | | 1 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 28:45:17 | | | 2 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 5:19:33 | 3:16 | 2 | Marc Coma | KTM | 28:47:45 | 2:28 | | | 3 | Štefan Svitko | KTM | 5:20:25 | 4:35 | 3 | Hélder Rodrigues | Yamaha | 29:29:36 | 44:19 | | | 10 | 1 | Joan Barreda | Husqvarna | 4🔞43 | | 1 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 33:07:39 | | | 2 | Marc Coma | KTM | 4:20:15 | 1:32 | 2 | Marc Coma | KTM | 33:08:00 | 0:21 | | | 3 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 4:22:22 | 3:39 | 3 | Hélder Rodrigues | Yamaha | 33:53:35 | 45:56 | | | 11 | 1 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 4:03:37 | | 1 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 37:11.16 | | | 2 | Gerard Farrés | KTM | 4:05:16 | 1:39 | 2 | Marc Coma | KTM | 37:13:38 | 2:22 | | | 3 | Marc Coma | KTM | 4:05:38 | 2:01 | 3 | Hélder Rodrigues | Yamaha | 38:19:56 | 1:34:56 | | | 12 | 1 | Marc Coma | KTM | 2:24:38 | | 1 | Marc Coma | KTM | 39:38:16 | | | 2 | Joan Barreda | Husqvarna | 2:27:21 | 2:43 | 2 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 39:39:51 | 1:35 | | | 3 | Jordi Viladoms | KTM | 2:27:48 | 3:10 | 3 | Hélder Rodrigues | Yamaha | 40:52:05 | 1:13:49 | | | 13 | 1 | Hélder Rodrigues | Yamaha | 3:21:16 | | 1 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 43:01:54 | | | 2 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 3:22:03 | 0:47 | 2 | Marc Coma | KTM | 43:57:57 | 0:56:03 | | | 3 | Jordi Viladoms | KTM | 3:24:16 | 3:00 | 3 | Hélder Rodrigues | Yamaha | 44:13:21 | 1:11:27 | | | 14 | 1 | Pål Anders Ullevålseter | KTM | 0:22:26 | | 1 | Cyril Despres | KTM | 43:28:11 | | | 2 | Marc Coma | KTM | 00:23:34 | 01:08 | 2 | Marc Coma | KTM | 44:21:31 | 0:53:20 | | | 3 | Štefan Svitko | KTM | 00:24:09 | 01:43 | 3 | Hélder Rodrigues | Yamaha | 44:39:28 | 1:11:17 | |

| | Stage result | General classification | | | | | | | | | | | --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------ | ---------- | | Stage | Pos | Competitor | Make | Time | Difference | Pos | Competitor | Make | Time | Difference | | 1 | 1 | Sergio Lafuente | Yamaha | 40:13 | | 1 | Sergio Lafuente | Yamaha | 40:13 | | | 2 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 41:07 | 0:54 | 2 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 41:07 | 0:54 | | | 3 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 41:20 | 1:07 | 3 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 41:20 | 1:07 | | | 2 | 1 | Sergio Lafuente | Yamaha | 3:49:56 | | 1 | Sergio Lafuente | Yamaha | 4:30:09 | | | 2 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 3:54:04 | 4:08 | 2 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 4:36:43 | 6:34 | | | 3 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 3:58:31 | 8:35 | 3 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 4:39:51 | 9:42 | | | 3 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 4:53:29 | | 1 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 9:32:31 | | | 2 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 4:55:21 | 1:52 | 2 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 9:33:26 | 0:55 | | | 3 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 4:55:48 | 2:19 | 3 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 9:35:12 | 2:41 | | | 4 | 1 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 5:13:30 | | 1 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 14:48:11 | | | 2 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 5:19:03 | 5:33 | 2 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 14:51:34 | 2:52 | | | 3 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 5:21:26 | 7:56 | 3 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 14:54:52 | 6:10 | | | 5 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 2:58:37 | | 1 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 17:51:27 | | | 2 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 3:00:28 | 1:51 | 2 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 17:52:02 | 0:35 | | | 3 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 3:02:45 | 4:08 | 3 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 17:53:29 | 2:02 | | | 6 | Stage cancelled | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 1 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 4:36:16 | | 1 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 22:28:18 | | | 2 | Ignacio Casale | Yamaha | 4:53:26 | 17:10 | 2 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 23:27:11 | 58:53 | | | 3 | Sergio Lafuente | Yamaha | 5:10:15 | 33:59 | 3 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 23:49:53 | 1:21:35 | | | 8 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 6:14:07 | | 1 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 28:45:03 | | | 2 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 6:16:45 | 2:38 | 2 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 29:51:08 | 1:06:05 | | | 3 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 6:23:57 | 9:50 | 3 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 30:04:00 | 1🔞57 | | | 9 | 1 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 6:21:18 | | 1 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 35:06:21 | | | 2 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 6:22:20 | 1:02 | 2 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 37:26:20 | 1:19:59 | | | 3 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 7:05:25 | 44:07 | 3 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 37:56:33 | 1:50:12 | | | 10 | 1 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 5:10:08 | | 1 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 40:29:55 | | | 2 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 5:23:04 | 12:56 | 2 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 41:49:24 | 1:19:29 | | | 3 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 5:23:34 | 13:26 | 3 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 42:06:41 | 1:36:46 | | | 11 | 1 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 4:53:45 | | 1 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 45:23:40 | | | 2 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 4:54:16 | 0:31 | 2 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 46:43:40 | 1:20:00 | | | 3 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 5:12:42 | 18:57 | 3 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 47:34:23 | 2:10:43 | | | 12 | 1 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 2:57:29 | | 1 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 48:21:51 | | | 2 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 2:58:11 | 0:42 | 2 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 49:41:09 | 1:19:18 | | | 3 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 3:11:23 | 13:54 | 3 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 50:45:46 | 2:23:55 | | | 13 | 1 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 4:00:42 | | 1 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 52:30:49 | | | 2 | Sergio Lafuente | Yamaha | 4:07:46 | 7:04 | 2 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 53:50:37 | 1:19:48 | | | 3 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 4:08:58 | 8:12 | 3 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 54:46:28 | 2:15:39 | | | 14 | 1 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 0:29:44 | | 1 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 53:01:47 | | | 2 | Sergio Lafuente | Yamaha | 0:30:33 | 0:49 | 2 | Marcos Patronelli | Yamaha | 54:22:08 | 1:20:17 | | | 3 | Alejandro Patronelli | Yamaha | 0:31:02 | 1:18 | 3 | Tomas Maffei | Yamaha | 55:16:12 | 2:14:21 | |

| | Stage result | General classification | | | | | | | | | | | --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------ | ---------- | | Stage | Pos | Competitor | Make | Time | Difference | Pos | Competitor | Make | Time | Difference | | 1 | 1 | Leonid Novitskiy Andreas Schulz | Mini | 32:12 | | 1 | Leonid Novitskiy Andreas Schulz | Mini | 32:12 | | | 2 | Krzysztof Hołowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin | Mini | 32:17 | 0:05 | 2 | Krzysztof Hołowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin | Mini | 32:17 | 0:05 | | | 3 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 32:21 | 0:09 | 3 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 32:21 | 0:09 | | | 2 | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Lucas Cruz | Hummer | 2:47:18 | | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 3:20:33 | | | 2 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 2:48:12 | 0:54 | 2 | Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell | Hummer | 3:23:01 | 2:28 | | | 3 | Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell | Hummer | 2:50:00 | 2:42 | 3 | Krzysztof Hołowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin | Mini | 3:23:06 | 2:33 | | | 3 | 1 | Joan Roma Michel Périn | Mini | 2:26:51 | | 1 | Krzysztof Hołowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin | Mini | 5:51:06 | | | 2 | Krzysztof Hołowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin | Mini | 2:28:00 | 1:09 | 2 | Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell | Hummer | 5:52:00 | 0:54 | | | 3 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Lucas Cruz | Hummer | 2:28:20 | 1:29 | 3 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 5:52:46 | 1:40 | | | 4 | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 3:49:33 | | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 9:43:20 | | | 2 | Orlando Terranova Andy Grider | Toyota | 3:54:52 | 5:19 | 2 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 9:49:01 | 5:41 | | | 3 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 3:56:15 | 6:42 | 3 | Joan Roma Michel Périn | Mini | 9:50:04 | 6:44 | | | 5 | 1 | Krzysztof Hołowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin | Mini | 2:10:51 | | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 11:58:03 | | | 2 | Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell | Hummer | 2:11:52 | 1:01 | 2 | Krzysztof Hołowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin | Mini | 12:02:21 | 4:18 | | | 3 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 2:14:43 | 3:52 | 3 | Joan Roma Michel Périn | Mini | 12:08:42 | 10:39 | | | 6 | Stage cancelled | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Lucas Cruz | Hummer | 3:26:57 | | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 15:32:53 | | | 2 | Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell | Hummer | 3:34:27 | 7:30 | 2 | Krzysztof Hołowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin | Mini | 15:44:15 | 11:22 | | | 3 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 3:34:50 | 7:53 | 3 | Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell | Hummer | 15:46:02 | 13:09 | | | 8 | 1 | Joan Roma Michel Périn | Mini | 4:25:44 | | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 20:04:15 | | | 2 | Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell | Hummer | 4:25:49 | 0:05 | 2 | Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell | Hummer | 20:11:51 | 7:36 | | | 3 | Krzysztof Hołowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin | Mini | 4:27:48 | 2:04 | 3 | Krzysztof Hołowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin | Mini | 20:12:03 | 7:48 | | | 9 | 1 | Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell | Hummer | 4:35:21 | | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 24:41:14 | | | 2 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 4:36:59 | 1:38 | 2 | Robby Gordon Johnny Campbell | Hummer | 24:47:12 | 5:58 | | | 3 | Joan Roma Michel Périn | Mini | 4:43:58 | 8:37 | 3 | Krzysztof Hołowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin | Mini | 24:58:03 | 16:49 | | | 10 | 1 | Joan Roma Michel Périn | Mini | 3:59:37 | | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 28:41:12 | | | 2 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 3:59:58 | 0:21 | 2 | Joan Roma Michel Périn | Mini | 29:00:17 | 19:05 | | | 3 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 4:07:21 | 7:44 | 3 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 29:42:45 | 1:01:33 | | | 11 | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 3:56:53 | | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 32:38:05 | | | 2 | Joan Roma Michel Périn | Mini | 4:00:37 | 3:44 | 2 | Joan Roma Michel Périn | Mini | 33:00:54 | 22:49 | | | 3 | Ricardo Leal dos Santos Paulo Fiuza | Mini | 4:05:49 | 8:56 | 3 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 9:49:06 | 1:11:01 | | | 12 | 1 | Leonid Novitskiy Andreas Schulz | Mini | 2:29:50 | | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 35:19:04 | | | 2 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 2:36:38 | 6:48 | 2 | Joan Roma Michel Périn | Mini | 35:39:04 | 20:00 | | | 3 | Bernhard ten Brinke Matthieu Baumel | Mitsubishi | 2:37:47 | 7:57 | 3 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 36:25:44 | 1:06:40 | | | 13 | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 3:09:47 | | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 38:28:51 | | | 2 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 3🔞16 | 8:29 | 2 | Joan Roma Michel Périn | Mini | 39:11:48 | 42:57 | | | 3 | Leonid Novitskiy Andreas Schulz | Mini | 3:22:42 | 12:55 | 3 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 39:44:00 | 1:15:09 | | | 14 | 1 | Ricardo Leal dos Santos Paulo Fiuza | Mini | 23:04 | | 1 | Stéphane Peterhansel Jean-Paul Cottret | Mini | 38:54:46 | | | 2 | Krzysztof Hołowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin | Mini | 23:21 | 0:17 | 2 | Joan Roma Michel Périn | Mini | 39:36:42 | 41:56 | | | 3 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 24:11 | 1:07 | 3 | Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz | Toyota | 40:08:11 | 1:13:25 | |

| | Stage result | General classification | | | | | | | | | | | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | 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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | ------------ | ---------- | | Stage | Pos | Competitor | Make | Time | Difference | Pos | Competitor | Make | Time | Difference | | 1 | 1 | Marcel van Vliet Bell Peter Serge Bruynkens | MAN | 37:45 | | 1 | Marcel van Vliet Bell Peter Serge Bruynkens | MAN | 37:45 | | | 2 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 38:11 | 0:26 | 2 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 38:11 | 0:26 | | | 3 | Franz Echter Detlef Ruf Artur Klein | MAN | 38:41 | 0:56 | 3 | Franz Echter Detlef Ruf Artur Klein | MAN | 38:41 | 0:56 | | | 2 | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 3:10:00 | | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 3:48:11 | | | 2 | Eduard Nikolaev Sergey Savostin Vladimir Rybakov | Kamaz | 3:13:21 | 3:21 | 2 | Eduard Nikolaev Sergey Savostin Vladimir Rybakov | Kamaz | 3:53:41 | 5:30 | | | 3 | Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 3:14:56 | 4:56 | 3 | Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 3:54:00 | 5:49 | | | 3 | 1 | Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero | Iveco | 2:50:53 | | 1 | Artur Ardavichus Alexey Kuzmich Nurlan Turlubaev | Kamaz | 6:47:33 | | | 2 | Artur Ardavichus Alexey Kuzmich Nurlan Turlubaev | Kamaz | 2:52:02 | 1:09 | 2 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 6:48:01 | 0:28 | | | 3 | Andrey Karginov Igor Devyatkin Andrey Mokeev | Kamaz | 2:53:12 | 2:19 | 3 | Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero | Iveco | 6:49:24 | 1:51 | | | 4 | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 4:22:12 | | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 11:10:13 | | | 2 | Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 4:23:25 | 1:13 | 2 | Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 11:12:55 | 2:42 | | | 3 | Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero | Iveco | 4:23:55 | 1:43 | 3 | Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero | Iveco | 11:13:19 | 3:06 | | | 5 | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 2:34:30 | | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 13:44:43 | | | 2 | Aleš Loprais Petr Almáši Michael Ernst | Tatra | 2:34:44 | 0:14 | 2 | Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 13:49:04 | 4:21 | | | 3 | Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero | Iveco | 2:35:49 | 1:19 | 3 | Miki Biason Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero | Iveco | 13:49:08 | 4:25 | | | 6 | Stage cancelled | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 4:20:32 | | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 18:05:15 | | | 2 | Aleš Loprais Petr Almáši Michael Ernst | Tatra | 4:24:31 | 3:59 | 2 | Aleš Loprais Petr Almáši Michael Ernst | Tatra | 18:22:25 | 17:10 | | | 3 | Andrey Karginov Igor Devyatkin Andrey Mokeev | Kamaz | 4:37:04 | 16:32 | 3 | Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 18:38:29 | 33:14 | | | 8 | 1 | Aleš Loprais Petr Almáši Michael Ernst | Tatra | 5:07:17 | | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 23:14:03 | | | 2 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 5:08:48 | 1:31 | 2 | Aleš Loprais Petr Almáši Michael Ernst | Tatra | 23:29:42 | 15:39 | | | 3 | Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero | Iveco | 5:19:37 | 12:20 | 3 | Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 24:02:09 | 48:06 | | | 9 | 1 | Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero | Iveco | 5:29:02 | | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 28:43:59 | | | 2 | Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 5:29:22 | 0:20 | 2 | Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 29:31:31 | 47:32 | | | 3 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 5:29:56 | 0:54 | 3 | Artur Ardavichus Alexey Kuzmich Nurlan Turlubaev | Kamaz | 29:50:39 | 1:06:40 | | | 10 | 1 | Artur Ardavichus Alexey Kuzmich Nurlan Turlubaev | Kamaz | 5:06:11 | | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 33:52:33 | | | 2 | Andrey Karginov Igor Devyatkin Andrey Mokeev | Kamaz | 5:08:29 | 2:18 | 2 | Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 34:52:00 | 59:27 | | | 3 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 5:08:34 | 2:23 | 3 | Artur Ardavichus Alexey Kuzmich Nurlan Turlubaev | Kamaz | 10:56:50 | 1:04:17 | | | 11 | 1 | Andrey Karginov Igor Devyatkin Andrey Mokeev | Kamaz | 3:52:50 | | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 37:51:55 | | | 2 | Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 3:55:53 | 3:03 | 2 | Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 38:47:53 | 55:58 | | | 3 | Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero | Iveco | 3:57:52 | 5:02 | 3 | Artur Ardavichus Alexey Kuzmich Nurlan Turlubaev | Kamaz | 39:12:24 | 1:20:29 | | | 12 | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 2:59:00 | | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 40:50:55 | | | 2 | Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 2:59:32 | 0:32 | 2 | Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 41:47:25 | 56:30 | | | 3 | Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero | Iveco | 2:59:32 | 0:32 | 3 | Artur Ardavichus Alexey Kuzmich Nurlan Turlubaev | Kamaz | 42:30:38 | 1:39:43 | | | 13 | 1 | Andrey Karginov Igor Devyatkin Andrey Mokeev | Kamaz | 3:33:27 | | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 44:49:45 | | | 2 | André de Azevedo Maykel Justo Jaromír Martinec | Tatra | 3:53:41 | 0:20 | 2 | Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 45:43:01 | 53:16 | | | 3 | Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 3:55:36 | 0:22 | 3 | Artur Ardavichus Alexey Kuzmich Nurlan Turlubaev | Kamaz | 46:38:10 | 1:48:25 | | | 14 | 1 | Miki Biasion Michel Huisman Giorgio Albiero | Iveco | 0:27:22 | | 1 | Gérard de Rooy Dariusz Rodewald Tom Colsoul | Iveco | 45:20:47 | | | 2 | Ilgizar Mardeev Vyatcheslav Mizyukaev Dmitry Sotnikov | Kamaz | 0:28:48 | 0:01 | 2 | Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 46:12:06 | 51:19 | | | 3 | Hans Stacey Hans van Goor Bernard der Kinderen | Iveco | 0:29:05 | 0:02 | 3 | Artur Ardavichus Alexey Kuzmich Nurlan Turlubaev | Kamaz | 47:08:32 | 1:47:45 | |

1. ^ confirms it will host the three final stages of the 2012 Dakar Rally (in Spanish)
2. ^ press informs official announcement will take place on 16 or 18 February in Paris (in Spanish)
3. ^ "Map of the three final stages: 2012 Dakar Rally in Peru (In Spanish)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
4. ^ "Motorcycle competitor dies on opening day of Dakar Rally in Argentina". CNN. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
5. ^ "Father, son flying over Dakar rally die in plane crash". seprin.com. 3 January 2012. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
6. ^ "S Stage 6 Fiambalá – Copiapó cancelled". Archived from the original on 9 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
7. ^ "Der Dakar-Konvoi auf dem Weg nach Copiapó in Chile". Archived from the original on 9 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
8. ^ Schneechaos verhindert sechste Etappe
9. ^ "Stage 3 Stage Report". Retrieved 14 January 2013.
10. ^ "Stage 8 Stage Report". Retrieved 14 January 2013.
11. ^ "Stage 13 Stage Report". Archived from the original on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
12. ^ "Francisco Lopez". Retrieved 14 January 2013.
13. ^ a b "Peterhansel nears tenth Dakar win as Gordon and Holowczyc hit trouble". Autosport. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
14. ^ "Leonid Novitskiy wins Dakar Rally opener as Nasser Al-Attiyah hits early problem". Autosport. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
15. ^ "Robby Gordon closes on Dakar Rally leader Stephane Peterhansel but Nasser Al-Attiyah retires". Autosport. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
16. ^ "Gordon facing Dakar disqualification". CNN. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
17. ^ "Robby Gordon loses Dakar excluding appeal and 5th place". Retrieved 15 January 2013.
18. ^ "Stage 9 Stage Report". Retrieved 16 January 2013.

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